She'd be very hard to build, and legal only in clubs that allow ships built a long time ago, or alternatively in clubs that allow ships in service prior to 1905.
French aircraft-carrier Bearn. Kinda different. And you can always arm it down the road if you like. Mike M. has a great build thread for his. I love that boat. Mikey
that's what it's all about for me, the ship itself has to appeal to me. if it's so obtuse that it's just a target awaiting distruction then that's different. but if it's able to fight (even in it's own way) I'm all about it
What about the aircraft carrier Wolverine. Paddle wheels? Or the Blimp ship the Dedalo. Spanish aircraft carrier
Well thank you, Captain Obvious. I think you've determined which convoy ship I will build in the distant future... I checked the shiplist for Wolverine and unsurprisingly it did not come up. I bet the plans would be a real pain to find, and I wonder how the hull penetrability issue would be addressed with regard to the paddles
Paddles are propulsion, so 1/8 hard area around them would be my guess. Also has rudders at both ends of the ship.
I noticed that weird little flap on the bow, but didn't know it was a rudder. a fittingly absurd little ship. It'd be even funnier if I rigged it with a pneumatic triple expansion engine powered by a small electric compressor.
yeah lol, the flight deck on the back hangs off an additional fifty feet, and looking at the overhang on three sides, she'd be a hard hull to hit. I think I found somebody with a set of plans (the Kalamazoo nautical museum contracted a dude to make a scale model a while back), so I'll see if I can get a PDF
I've a mind to build one of those weird Pre-Dreadnaught battleships, like the French built with those totally off the wall protruding hulls: Or even a paddle/sternwheeled powered warship during the period between sail and steam. Just for the fun of it....and yes, of course I'd arm it. Just for the fun of it!!
that sucker was designed back when it was totally expected that you would ram other ships in battle. I like the weird offset turret design PDNs too. it'd be cool to see that thing in a brawl, but I suspect you'll have to be careful with that absurd ram prow
Sure, watch out with the ram bow, and it'd probably be a pain in the butt to sheet. But just look at how much down-angle you can get on the main guns!
Oddly enough there are drawings for the French Massena: http://dreadnoughtproject.org/French Warship Plans/Massena_1895/ I think 72 scale would work well for the early 1890’s predreadnoughts and protected cruisers. With the right rule set, predreadnoughts could work well with Pacific Model Warship Club.
Looking at the plans it does not look as odd. The bow is considerably less pointy than I was expecting.
PDNs and ACs are ideally suited for larger scales. Most predreads are around 3 feet long in 1:144 scale. While *possible* in 1:144 scale, imagine how much easier it would be to fit a pair of twin 1/4" rotating cannons into a 4.5 foot hull (1:96 scale) or even a 6 foot hull (1:72 scale). Regretfully the PWMC's ruleset has a hard cutoff that all ships must have been laid down after the battlehsip Dreadnought was launched, which eliminates almost every PDN and several early dreadnoughts, including Dreadnought herself.
This would be a good shop for Battlestations. Stay tuned as I will soon be making hulls and cannons available in 1/96th scale. Cannons will of course be legal for big gun formats.
